Example sentences of "not know for a " in BNC.

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1 Three million unemployed , homelessness and poverty on a scale not known for a generation .
2 What we did n't know for a long time was that this book is his revenge on his parents .
3 ‘ We wo n't know for a couple of days but everything points to her having used large amounts of cocaine , ’ a senior detective told TODAY .
4 God , do you think I 'd come near you , talk to you about it , touch you , if I did n't know for a certainty that you want me as badly as I do you ? ’
5 ‘ But I do n't think people in business are that open to contacting a firm they do n't know for a health check . ’
6 And he seems to think I may not get any worse , but we sha n't know for a couple of weeks . ’
7 I do n't know for a minute wait a minute
8 I noticed how happy people were , which was something I had n't known for a long time .
9 If she had n't known for a fact that he liked nothing about her she might have mistaken that note in his voice for admiration .
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